We imagine medicine as a rational science, and we imagine our attention to our lives and our bodies pays off in reasonably predictable ways. But I have to admit that random, irrational, unplanned events can often have greater effects on overall health.
For doctors who have waded into social media, however gingerly, many questions arise. Is posting a medical musing or details of a recent party on Twitter or Facebook the same as chatting with colleagues while walking down the hall of the hospital? Do the same rules of etiquette and liability apply to this extremely public…
By the time I finished residency, I was filled with 10 years worth of “war stories”. Almost more painful than the physical exhaustion was the emotional weariness of lugging around so many stories. Unable to contemplate starting yet another round of medical training, I traded in my medical journal subscriptions for a pile of novels…
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